As you can see that description does not match the US cover.” Micah is black with nappy hair which she wears natural and short. “In the last few weeks as people have started reading the US ARC of Liar they have also started asking why there is such a mismatch between how Micah describes herself and the cover image. Per Justine Larbalestier’s blog addressing the controversy: Take a look at what happened with the YA novels Liar by Justine Larbalestier and Magic Under Glass by author Jaclyn Dolamore. Whether this is the case with The Help is not known, but here are two examples that show this practice is not uncommon. Some, but not all US publishers are hesitant to put a person of color on a book cover, fearing white readers may not buy it. The spectre of racism in the South is still raw and political correctness works overtime.”īut there’s also another theory. “The photograph, which was found in the National Congress archives, was deemed too controversial to be used on the American cover. Please use the one above):Īnd also in an early 2009 UK article by Jessamy Calkin of the UK Telegraph that states: Previous original link (this link no longer works. They picked a cover that had absolutely nothing to do with the book. If we were talking about the racism of, say, India, then maybe we could have put something relevant on the cover. You know what I mean? We’re very self-conscious about the subject.

And they’re also talking about someone else. was able to put a much more racially cognizant cover on because they’re not so sensitive about the subject, as I understand it. “Americans are not comfortable talking about race.” However, here’s a reason given for the cover switch, one per author Katherine Stockett’s interview with Parul Kapur Hinzen’s Book Blog for : Confused? If you’re a US reader, you may be.

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